Nature and Availability of Commercial Tick Control Services: A Survey of the Pest Management Industry

Form ApprovedOMB Control No.: 0920-1150Expiration date: 12/31/2019

For more than a decade, the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its partners have been instrumental in developing and testing a wide array of tick control strategies and technologies. The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, transmits the pathogen that causes Lyme disease, the most common vector-borne disease in the United States, with over 38,000 confirmed and probable cases reported in 2015 alone. In the same year, New Jersey ranked forth in the nation with respect to Lyme disease, reporting total of 4,855 cases. This tick also transmits the disease agents that cause human granulocytic anaplasmosis and human babesiosis. Therefore, reducing the abundance of this tick is a public health priority. We would like your help in determining the types of tick control services offered by the pest management industry and would appreciate your time in completing this survey concerning your firm's involvement in managing this important tick vector.